The Assassins
The Presidents
The Motives
The Aftermath
100

This man assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth

100

He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963

John F. Kennedy

100

John Wilkes Booth claimed this was his motive for killing Lincoln.

To avenge the South and oppose abolition.

100

This amendment clarified the presidential line of succession after Kennedy’s assassination.

The 25th Amendment

200

The man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy

Lee Harvey Oswald

200

This president was assassinated at Ford’s Theatre

Abraham Lincoln

200

Charles Guiteau believed this would happen after he killed Garfield

He believed he would be rewarded with a government position

200

This location became a national historic site after Lincoln’s assassination

Ford’s Theatre

300

This person killed President William McKinley

Leon Czolgosz

300

He was the second U.S. president to be assassinated

James Garfield

300

Leon Czolgosz was inspired by this political ideology to assassinate McKinley

Anarchism

300

The Secret Service began protecting presidents full-time after this assassination.

After the assassination of William McKinley.

400

He was the assassin of President James Garfield.

Charles Guiteau

400

This president was shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

William McKinley

400

Lee Harvey Oswald’s motives remain debated, but he was linked to this ideology.

Communism

400

The Warren Commission was established to investigate this assassination

The assassination of John F. Kennedy.

500

This assassin was captured in a theater after killing Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

500

This president survived an assassination attempt by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.

Gerald Ford

500

This was the reason Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme gave for attempting to assassinate Gerald Ford.

To bring attention to environmental issues and Charles Manson’s teachings

500

This assassin was killed by Jack Ruby before standing trial

Lee Harvey Oswald